Nomenclature

I've been having a few "stress-moments" concerning some of the nomenclature I have used on this blogg... It all revolves around my use of the word ribs!
People in "the know" of the boating world are careful of their use of words: the use of the wrong word signifies a sense of ingnorance, and can convey mis-understanding. This can be disconcerting for the most experienced "boater"-  finding the correct word - to not show ones ignorance and to clearly convey what one means.
This would not be so much of a problem if "boating" wasn't full of so many weird words. We take it for granted that right and left disappear aboard - replaced by Port and Starboard. Where these words originated is open to conjecture... But my second language - Swedish - gives us some clue to starboard. In swedish this is styrbord... Literally the steering board! It was common practice to have an oar "thingy" on the right side of the boat to steer with... Styrbord... Starboard.
"Boating" has also introduced words and phrases into our language whose origins have long been forgotten. One such is filibustering... English speakers might not know this word, but our american cousins will know this from their government. The word comes from the age of square-rigged ships: while racing, they killed time before the start by spilling wind ( in contrast to the manouvering done by sail boats racing today).. This was termed filibustering.

Now to my dilemma! I have been calling parts of the boat ribs... A number of people claim I am incorrect and should be calling them frames. In some respect they are correct... But...
Frames are supports to the planking of the boat that reach from the keel to the deck and connect to deck beams.
None of these supports on our boat connect to deck beams.
If there is such a supporting member that sits between frames, but does not connect to a deck beam, it is called a timber... Highly inapropriate for our steel-work!
Henceforth all members that stretch from the keel to deck will be called frames... Those steel-oak composite members will be called timbers for the wooden bit, and ribs for the steel bit.